Pyneal - real-time fMRI software

Open-source software for real-time acquisition and analysis of fMRI data.

Pyneal is a set of open source tools I developed for supporting real-time fMRI methods. It offers pre-built analysis routines, as well as the option of writing custom statistical models (using a provided template) that can be executed on each incoming volume. The output of the analyis is hosted via its own server, allowing experimental presentation software to access the results as needed.

Dynamic free gaze mapping

Wearable eye-trackers allow for more naturalistic viewing experiments, but present numerous analytic challenges for summarizing gaze behavior over time. The solution requires figuring out transformations that map between the coordinate systems of the eye-tracker, static reference images, and the physical world.

We use these mappings to measure viewing patterns as participants freely explore works of art in a museum setting

Face processing in visual art

As a postdoctoral researcher with the Bass Connections: Art, Vision, and the Brain project, my work focuses on studying patterns of eye-movement evoked by artistic representations of faces. In addition, I mentor a team of undergraduate scientists as they investigate what makes a face a face.